Don't be afraid of the future. The future is good.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

When mindfulness becomes continuous, the distinction between the observer and the observed begins to break down.

Peace is not found by changing the world, but by changing your attitude to the world.

Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

The path to enlightenment is not a path at all. It is a realization that where you are is where you have always been.

The contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.

The more we understand impermanence, the more we appreciate each moment of our lives.

The deepest form of happiness comes from discovering the natural peace of our own awareness.

The nature of mind is the unity of awareness and emptiness.

Sleep is the best meditation.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

The affairs of the world will go on forever. Do not delay the practice of meditation.

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

Whoever told you that practice and enlightenment are separate?

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

The more you understand, the more you love; the more you love, the more you understand.

It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others.

When the heart is still, it can be kind. When the mind is still, it can see clearly.

The force of the kindness of others is so strong, we can't possibly measure it.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

Life is nothing but a continuous chain of sensations. Pleasant or unpleasant, observe them objectively.

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.

The real purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes.

Real freedom is not about controlling our experience, but about being free within our experience.

The technique of self-observation is the technique of observing the reality about oneself at the experiential level.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

The Buddha never taught a sectarian religion; he taught Dhamma - the way to liberation - which is universal.

Meditation is not about getting away from it all. It's about getting into it all.

The more you understand impermanence, the more you appreciate every moment.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

The Buddha and all sentient beings are nothing but expressions of the one mind. There is nothing else.